Handy hatbox



0. J. HEALY AND M. L. McGEE.

HANDY HATBOX. APPLICATIQN FILED JAN-14.1919.

1 ,335 ,3 35. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

awventoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL J. HEALY AND MARIE LOUISE MoGEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANDY HATBOX.

Application filed January 14, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that W6,'DANIEL J. HEALY and MARI L. Mothers, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handy Hatboxes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to supports, and more especially to those which include a spring; and the object of the same broadly is to adapt such a device for supporting a box for hats and the like so as to utilize the waste space at the top of an apartment or closet. We have observed that the upper part of a room is ordinarily useless, espeoially so the top of a closet. Even if it have shelves, one must generally employ a chair in order to reach them; and then the space in the top of the closet which has no shelves is utilized only in getting at them. In many apartments and small houses this is a drawback, and our invention will be welcome.

Specifically we employ a spring roller or drum journaled in bearings on the ceiling, a cord or strip wound on it, and a box or other container carried by the strip; and when the user desires whatever is in the box, he draws it down and opens it. At other times the box and contents are stored near the top of the room or closet out of the way.

A further object of the invention is, the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, convenient for use, readily and easily adjusted, neat and attractive in appearance, thoroughly reliable and .eflicient in its purpose and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closet showing the door thereof opened and the device constructed in accordance with the in- .vention, and drawn down.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical longitud al Sectional view showing in detail the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Serial No. 271,177.

mounting of the device, the hat box being raised.

Fig- 3 is a sectional view of the box on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detailed perspective view of the box and loop.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally the closet space, E its door frame and C the swinging doors opening in the center, as usual. Adapted to be adj ustably suspended within the closet space A, is one or a plurality of hat boxes 5 each provided with a suitable door 6 at its front for access thereto and adapted to be held closed in any suitable manner. Each box is adapted to receive a hat, as usual. The box or boxes 5 are suspended by the means hereinafter fully described.

Brackets or hangers have their bases 7 secured to the ceiling of the closet space A, and are hidden from view above the opening or door of the closet. The brackets have bearings 8 preferably located at the ends thereof and in which is removably fitted a spring drum or roller 9 the same being preferably constructed according to the ordinary shade roller. Secured thereto is one end of a hanger cord, strip or strap 10 which is adapted to be wound on and unwound from said roller 9.

The other end of the strap 10, or its loose end, has suitably connected thereto a flexible resilient loop 12 which is adapted to embrace the box or boxes 5 for holding the same suspended by the strap 10, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawing, the loop 12 medially of its lowermost stretch being provided with a hand gripping cord 13 such as a tassel, so that the device can be conveniently adjusted by the windingof the strap 10 upon the roller 9, and unwinding it therefrom. It will be apparent that the boxes when carried by the device can be permitted to rise to the ceiling of the closet A or manually lowered to any point therein so that the box 5 is readily accessible to the user of the closet for the placing of a hat therein or its removal therefrom. If the drum or roller have the pawl and ratchet usual to the common shade roller the box can be drawn down and allowed to stay down at the users pleasure. When it is up,

the grip cord or tassel 13 will obviously not interfere with the customary use of the closet space.

i I From the foregoing it is thought'thatthe construction and manner of use of the device will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

1 adapted to be mounted at a high point with in a closet, a flexible element pendant from the support, and means for normally drawing the free end of said element upward; of

a container carried by said freeend, and

manually operable means for moving the container downward when desired. I i. The combination with a spring roller adapted to be mounted at a high point within a closet, and a strip wound on the roller; of a box carried by the free end of the strip and having-a door, and ahand grip hanging below the box. -5.-The combination With a pair of brackets adapted to be mounted at a high point within an apartment, a spring shade roller journaled in the brackets, and a strip wound on the'roller; of a loop carried by the free end of the strip, a hatbox encircled bythe loop and having a door in its front,.and a hand grip hanging from the loop. i '6. The combination with a rotatable support adapted to be mounted on a closet ceiling, a flexible element passing thereover, and means for drawing it normally upward; of means on the pendant portion ofthe elementfor fastening a container thereto, and

a grip cord hanging from the fastening means. 7 I

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures,1n the presence of two w1tnesses..

Witnesses: V

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